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HispanicVista Columnists & Guest Columns and News - August 15, 2008
Mexicans want to know: “What part of illegal do you not understand?”	Obama’s Americanism
By Patrick Osio, Jr./HispanicVista.com August 15, 2008 Rightfully, a lot of Mexicans are asking of Americans, “What part of illegal do you not understand?” And, “We thought you said, the US is a nation of laws.” The reference is to illicit drug usage by so many millions of Americans buying and using an estimated $150 billion annually. And, this is the money Mexican drug lords use…	By Sal Osio, JD August 15, 2008 If Americanism is defined by radical Christians or by self anointed ‘patriots,’ supremacists at heart, then the Bush-Cheney era, one of the darkest chapters in American and world history, will continue under McCain. On the other hand, if Americanism is defined by moral values and ideals, by our commitment to justice and fairness…
Political Comparisons	Hear No Shout !
By Richard N. Baldwin T. /HispanicVista.com July 28, 2008 FROM MEXICO Well, we have been looking at the Mexican legal system and the reforms in progress and the Mexican law enforcement system (or the lack of it). Now, some comparisons between México and the US political systems are worth taking a look at.	By Raoul Lowery Contreras/HispanicVista.com July 28, 2008 What if a clarion call was sounded for a demonstration and almost no one showed up? That’s what happened in San Francisco when national Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist called for national Minutemen and all American patriots to converge…
Republicans are Cowards	U.S. Recession, Drug War Violence Cause Crisis in Mexico Tourism
By Steven J. Ybarra, JD I have concluded that Republicans are, by their very nature, cowards. Let us look at the evidence. First, instead of fighting a war that we really should have been fighting…	By Kent Paterson At first, a song about the Mississippi Delta belted out on the moonlit shore of Zihuatanejo Bay, Mexico, seemed out of place. But the bluesy tune performed by U.S. musicians at this year's Zihuatanejo International Guitar Festival struck a chord in the Mexican town. These days, many locals know the blues very well.
U.S. guns arm Mexican drug cartels	Obama should visit Latin America
By Richard A. Serrano High-powered automatic weapons and ammunition are flowing virtually unchecked from border states into Mexico, fueling a war among drug traffickers, the army and police that has left thousands dead, according to U.S. and Mexican officials.	By Randy Jurado Ertll Sen. Barack Obama should travel to Latin America. His much-publicized trip to Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East and Europe made him look presidential. But by not going to Latin America, he is giving short shrift to this crucial region.
A Conservative Argues for Immigration Reform	Drumbeat for Immigration Reform Grows Louder
By celo Ballvé For a decade, Tamar Jacoby has been on the frontlines of this country's immigration wars…. At first she was more of an observer, editing a book and writing essays and newspaper op-eds on the topic at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative research group in New York. Jacoby, a Republican, was a senior fellow there from 1989 to 2007.	News Accounts Highlight Ineffectiveness of Federal Crackdowns, Broken Immigration System ..A series of recent news accounts have demonstrated that our immigration system is broken and in need of common sense reform.
A real heat shield for farmworkers	Captives of the Meatpacking Archipelago
Government spreadsheets tell their stories: "Found dead under grapevine; had been missing for approximately 15 hours." "Found dead in a melon field." "Died after driving all day on a tractor in 111 degrees F."	By Thomas Frank History records that Paul Weyrich, one of the founders of the Moral Majority, the Heritage Foundation and other conservative groups, used to present himself as a soul-brother to the American worker.
The United States Is Just as Violent as Iraq	Audits of factories, farms and other workplaces highlight violations by employers.
By Dave Gibson The Iraqi government reported that during 2006, a total of 16,273 soldiers, police officers, and civilians were murdered in that country. In 2007, a total of 16,425 murders took place in the United States.	By Marc Lifsher For a decade, California employers and their advocates in Sacramento complained about the high cost of workers' compensation insurance and condemned abuses of the system by employees, who they said fake claims, exaggerate medical conditions and collect fat disability benefits.
Supply of Mexican Workers Will Dry Up	Border fences poor substitutes for immigration reform
Carolos Flores Vizcarra tells Thunderbird students departure of workers not good for economy … Mexican workers leaving the United States in response to heightened immigration enforcement will be missed in the coming decades as millions of baby boomers retire, a Mexican consul said Aug. 7 at Thunderbird School of Global Management.	Libertarian Party Release As the federal government scrambles to put up a costly border fence along the Mexico-US border, Libertarian Party spokesperson Andrew Davis is already calling it a "poor substitute for real immigration reform."
Court Blocks Local Arizona Anti-Solicitation Law	Tweaking immigration
Law Restricted Free Speech Rights Of Day Laborers The U.S District Court of Arizona today blocked the town of Cave Creek, Arizona from enforcing an anti-solicitation ordinance that infringes on the free speech rights of day laborers in that town.	The public outcry that derailed last year's push for comprehensive immigration reform hasn't stopped lawmakers from trying to change immigration law. It has merely scaled back their ambitions. Prodded by advocacy groups on both sides of the issue…
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